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noun
1.
the act or state of continuing; the state of being continued.
2.
extension or carrying on to a further point: to request the continuation of a loan.
3.
something that continues some preceding thing by being of the same kind or having a similar content: Today's weather will be a continuation of yesterday's.
4.
Library Science.
a.
a supplement to a publication previously issued.
b.
a work published in continuance of a monograph, serial, or series.
5.
British Stock Exchange. contango.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English continuacio(u)n (< Anglo-French ) < Latin continuātiōn- (stem of continuātiō). See continuate, -ion
1350–1400; Middle English continuacio(u)n (< Anglo-French ) < Latin continuātiōn- (stem of continuātiō). See continuate, -ion
Related forms
non·con·tin·u·a·tion, noun
pro·con·tin·u·a·tion, adjective
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